However, these message birds did not actually carry the contents Sikong Jing had claimed. The real messages were not sent by message birds at all. Fearing interception by the Cang Vein, Sikong Jing was now using... fish to relay messages.
Using the aura of the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts to issue commands, he controlled the fish to convey his true orders.
"The next few days will be a bitter battle for us—a battle we must fight."
"With Vein Master Ying and the eight Holy Martial demonmen gone, our fighting strength has fallen to its lowest."
"And even if our strength were sufficient, we must still focus on defense. We must make Chai Jiu believe... that we are about to be destroyed."
Following Sikong Jing's words, the two Demon Universe Veins stood ready in grim formation.
Not long after... BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A defensive battle for Demon Rock Island officially erupted. The two Demon Universe Veins' apparent objective was to stall—to hold out until Ying Sanmeng broke through into the third great realm of Divine Martial. For that goal, they went completely berserk.
Other than the most core figures, no one knew that Ying Sanmeng was not in seclusion. He had already left long ago.
Kill, kill, kill...
The terrifying slaughter raged fiercely around Demon Rock Island, and it truly was a bitter battle.
The Cang Vein would never allow Ying Sanmeng to break through, so their assault was utterly reckless, as though they did not value their lives. The demonmen continued to break through and awaken amid battle, yet reinforcements from the Cang Vein kept pouring in...
One day, two days, three days...
The sea around Demon Rock Island had nearly been dyed red. Corpses blanketed its surface—humans and demonmen alike—but having fought to this point, naturally no one